Godly Play Foundation

Analysis

Godly Play Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Ashland, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Godly Play Foundation reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $739k to $1.4m (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Godly Play Foundation sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include WNC Health Network Inc ($1.4m), Dusty Joy Foundation ($1.4m) and Association of St Lawrence Comunita Cenacolo America Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 7.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $124k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $407k. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $4.2m. It reported 11 employees.